Over the past 11 years we have created a large and growing number of corpus-based word lists designed to meet the needs of second language learners. Each list provides the highest coverage in its area, making them efficient tools for systematic language study. Most are designed in a modular fashion, meaning the lists can fit together in different ways to meet the differing needs of students and language programs.

You can access an early TED Talk I gave on our first 2 lists here. All the lists below, as well as a wide range of additional free learning resources can be accessed from my NGSL Project website:

• New General Service List (NGSL)

• New General Service List-Spoken (NGSL-S)

• New Academic Word List (NAWL)

• TOEIC Service List (TSL)

• Business Service List (BSL)

• New Dolch List (NDL)

• Fitness English List (FEL)

• New General Service List - Graded Readers (NGSL—GR)

We have just release the NGSL Profiler, which is a pooerful online text analysis tool that utilizes wordlists for ESL/EFL learners from the NGSL Project to analyze the difficulty of texts and then to simplify them to the level of the students or intended audience. It also includes two AI-powered tools for text creation and text simplificition. The lnk is here.

hereOne of the more interesting free learning tools we’ve created is our “Interactive Learning Dictionary” with a video concordancing tool that provides access to thousands of authentic video clips for each of the words in our New General Service List. A link to the tool and its explanation is here.

In addition to the many paid apps we have developed for our clients, we have also developed a number of free vocabulary learning apps, all of which can be accessed from here (iOS) and here (Android).

• Word-Learner

• NGSL Builder (available but no longer being updated)

• NAWL Builder (available but no longer being updated)

• GSL Builder (available but no longer being updated)

• AWL Builder (available but no longer being updated)

We have created a free comprehensive website for extensive reading, extensive listening and vocabulary development known as ER-Central, which has over 1000 free graded reading and listening stories, an interactive online dictionary and vocabulary learning function, self-assessment leveling tools and a learner management system. It also has a vast library of free resources for teachers and schools needing help in setting up their own ER/EL program.

We have also developed two free online tools for assessing the difficulty of reading materials as well as editing and grading the materials to a specific level. Our newest tool (released 4/24) is called NGSL Profiler which allows you to profile or simplify texts usin any of our eight NGSL wordlists (including our new NGSL-GR list for graded readers) and also provides AI-powered tools for text generation a text simplification. The link for NGSL Profiler is here. Our older tool (released in 2015) is known as OGTE (Online Graded text Editor) and now services many popular non-NGSL wordlists. The link can be found here.

Here you can access the free paper-based tests for our New General Word List and New Academic Word List. We also have a free online placement test for the NGSL which can be accessed here. There is also a free vocabulary testing function in our Word-Learner app. Information about the app can be found here.

CBC Consulting excels in the area of online, computer-adaptive testing, co-owning the patent on the IRT-based “V-Check” vocabulary test developed for Lexxica, and has developed online language assessment tools for GoFluent, Cambridge University Press and EnglishCentral. Whether you need to develop a norm-referenced proficiency test like the TOEIC test of business English, or a criterion-referenced placement tool for an in-house language learning program, we are able to create, deliver and even administer reliable and valid online and paper-based testing instruments to meet your needs.